ISIS Woos New and Existing Supporters with Annual Report Detailing Executions and Bombing Attacks Funded by its Donors

On March 31, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) published a new edition of "al Naba", its annual report covering the bloody period between November 2012 to November 2013. The Report has been analyzed by The Institute to Understanding War, a think tank located in Washington D.C.

According to an article in the Daily Beast, ISIS is funded in part by wealthy donors in Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, allies of the United States of America. Additional research on funding has been undertaken by the Brookings Institution. Click the links to be taken directly to the reports. 

The U.S. Treasury Department has raised concerns about the source of funding, but Western Diplomats and other officials have responded with little more than a shrug of the their shoulders. 

Meanwhile, residents of Western Europe and the United States brace for the return of an estimated 100 U.S. and an unknown number of European citizens who are in the Middle East fighting for ISIS. No one can predict the horrible terrorist attacks that ISIS recruits could launch once they are back in the Western Hemisphere.

I am including a link to the Fraser Institute to allow readers to review a study titled, "Canada's Inadequate Response to Terrorism. The Need for Policy Reform."  The paper examines the impact on trade and Canada's economy in general if there is another major terrorist attack in North America and Canada has failed to address terrorists who have entered Canada under it's Refugee program. The U.S. has tightened security at the U.S. Canadian border, but studies completed at Simon Fraser University and the University of B.C. report that the majority of terrorists possess the necessary paperwork to cross the U.S. Canadian border without raising any eyebrows. Those of us living near the border need to keep in mind that terrorists living abroad do not have criminal records, prior to launching a terrorist attack. 

Additional sources of background information:  
Link to Canadian Fraser Institute Study on Terrorism

PBS Frontline Program: Trail of a Terrorist in Washington State.

Currently Funded Projects - TSAS Working Papers in British Columbia and Canada. Discusses in part, the difficulty of identifying, counting and locating terrorists living in Canada.